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Sometime this year, the government came out with strict instructions that all children of school-going age should be in school, and not employed in child labour or roaming the streets.

It went even further; parents would be held accountable if they failed to send their children to school because the necessary infrastructure was in place.

With the free 12-year basic education policy that has been rolled out countrywide, one would have expected parents to gladly jump on the offer, but sadly, that is not the case in some households.

There are still pockets of children hanging around markets with the hope of earning some money as porters, but the more annoying ones are the ones who pester shoppers around supermarkets begging for spare change.

Today, with the world celebrating International Youth Day, more than half of the population is under 24 years of age. That is a critical mass that has to be prepared to confront the future and many governments are investing heavily in their upbringing.

Local authorities should not just stand in the shadows as the future of the nation goes to waste; they should rob……………. continues on AllAfrica.com

HYDERABAD: The complicated issue of shifting of Andhra Pradesh government employees and their families from Hyderabad to Vijayawada and Guntur has now got even more muddled. According to the AP employees associations, the children of th e concerned staffers — currently studying in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts — will lose their ‘local’ status once they migrate to Vijayawada and Guntur.

‘Local’ status was accorded to various regions of united Andhra Pradesh as per Section 371D of the Presidential Order of 1975. At the time of bifurcation, the UPA government decided to retain the definition of ‘local status’ as per Section 371D. Accordingly, Section 97 of the AP Reorganization Act merely substituted the words ‘Andhra Pradesh’ with ‘Andhra Pradesh and Telangana’ and retained Section 371D in its original form.

“By virtue of the provisions of Section 97 of the AP Reorganization Act, Article 371D of the Constitution will continue to remain in force in relation to the States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. As many employee unions want local status for their children in the new capital region, the Act should be amended to repeal the article,” PV Ramesh, p……………. continues on Times of India